Architecture

Near the end of the tunnel

1/15/2015

Initially there were not enough people talking about ecological architecture and resource-saving building, and then suddenly too many were. The debate about the energy reform and ecological responsibility didn’t do architecture in Germany any good.

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Afro-Functionalism – architecture from and for Africa

12/26/2014

Africa’s cities are growing super-fast. So what can the small and ingenious architectural solutions contribute that many commentators so applaud? Jeremy Gaines did a reality check and explains what Africa’s cities need most.

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Highfliers and service design: Bogotá

12/22/2014

Bogotá, a place for design? And the answer is clearly "yes". Above all as regards the many service providers in Colombia’s capital.

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Tuk-tuks, daladalas and super-highways

12/19/2014

Africa is urbanizing faster than any other continent. But tends to be forgotten in the debates on ubran mobility. Perhaps because the challenges are too great? Or perhaps because we aren’t being imaginative enough.

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Clear lines for outdoor areas

12/18/2014

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The world of the 113 football fields

12/17/2014

Would anyone think that bad performances in a provincial theater are a reason to issue laws stating that plays can only be staged in the big theaters? Things are different in architecture. In our new column on “Building in Germany” Christian Holl sets out to find out why.

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The golden cube – ZEITRAUM in the Lenbachhaus

12/11/2014

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Sulky with a third wheel: the Bond Bug

12/3/2014

Must a car always have four wheels? Not at all. The “Bond Bug” not only proves that three’s enough, but also has quite a sassy feel to it. But the question remains – why is it that nature has not spawned any three-legged creatures?

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Academy with fab flooring

12/2/2014

The newly-built Sparkassenakademie in Stuttgart is a training center that’s a pleasure to work in. Lindner Group handled the floor, wall and door systems for the interior.

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Periphery that feels like the very center

12/1/2014

Traditional and progressive – an unusual blend. Sophia Walk spoke with the British architect Stephen Bates from London-based architecture firm Sergison Bates on building with bricks and the density dilemma.

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Top-drawer time bombs

11/25/2014

In the 1960s they designed ambitious utopias with cheeky irony. Today they build shopping malls. The exhibition “Haus-Rucker-Co – Architectural Utopia Reloaded” at Berlin’s “Haus am Waldsee” tells fairytales from a long since obsolete future.

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Milanese High-Forest

11/20/2014

This year, surprisingly, but logically “Bosco Verticale” by Stefano Boeri won the International High-Rise Award. Will it become a role model?

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Will donate data. Save the city

11/13/2014

The Audi Urban Future Award 2014 goes to Mexico City. With their proposal for an “operating system for urban mobility”, the interdisciplinary research group centering on José Castillo won out against teams from Boston, Berlin, and Seoul.

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Foresight in Hindsight

11/10/2014

Things always work out differently. Not that it stops people from loving future predictions. So who does a better job predicting things: pundits or fortune tellers?

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Frankfurt High-Rises 2010 to 2014

11/8/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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Frankfurt High-Rises 1990 to 2000

11/7/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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Frankfurt High-Rises 2000 to 2010

11/7/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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Frankfurt High-Rises 1980 to 1990

11/6/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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Frankfurt High-Rises 1970 to 1980

11/6/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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Frankfurt High-Rises 1950 to 1960

11/5/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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Bricks from top to bottom

11/4/2014

For the extension of a museum in Sorø, Denmark, the architects chose bricks by Petersen Tegl and even used them to clad the roof.

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Frankfurt High-Rises 1960 to 1970

11/4/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.

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My colleague, the Robocar

11/3/2014

Despite assistance systems in cars, driving instructors are sure that their competence still will be needed in the future.

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“The traffic in Berlin is frustrating.”

11/2/2014

In Berlin, traffic often is challenging. In an interview, Susi Nestraschil talks about her own ways through the urban jungle and possibilities to improve them.